Machine for painting tin and other metals.



W. E. PHILIPP.'

MACHINE FOR PAINTING TIN AND OTHER METALS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 20, I914.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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MACHINE FOR PAINTING TIN AND OTHER METALS.

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MACHINE FOR PAINTING TIN AND OTHER METALS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20. 19m.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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MACHINE FOR PAINTING TIN AND OTHER METALS.

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WILLIAM E. PHILIPP, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MACHINE FOR PAINTING TIN AND OTHER METALS.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed February 20, 1914. Serial No. 819,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. PI-IILIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Painting Tin and other Metals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines ,for painting tin and other metals, and is especially adapted for painting roofing tin after it has been made up into long pieces or strips.

It is customary to solder a number of sheets of tin together until the desired lengths are produced and then paint one side thereof and after they are dried roll them into suitable size rolls for shipment, or for the purpose of convenience in handling. By the use of my present invention the pieces or strips, after being made up, are placed under a long table or dr er and are picked up one at a time and carried through the machine and each strip or piece is painted, dried and rolled up into a suitable size roll.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-F1gure 1 is a side elevation of the painting end of my invention, showing the tin in dotted lines passing through the painting device and onto the drier. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the discharge end of the machine, and showing the pipe through which the air is forced to the drier. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the painting end of the machine and also a portion of the drier. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of one of the wheels which grip the tin and upon which it is rolled as it leaves the drier or discharge end of the machine. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail section on the line XX of Fig. 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the drier which may be made any desired length and provided with a removable cover 2, preferably made in sections, and a hood 3 at the discharge end of the drier and connected to a pipe 4: through which air is forced, by any suitable means, to the drier 1, a current of air constantly passing through said drier 1 from the dis charge end to and out of the receiving end thereof. Within the drier, and arranged along the bottom thereof, are two strips 5, preferably of wood, on which the tin rests as it is drawn through the drier, and two guides 6 and 7, one on each side, into which the edge of the tin projects as it is drawn through the drier. The automatically adjustable guide 7 is connected to a number of blocks 8 arranged along one side of the drier, each of said blocks 8 having a stud 9 pro jecting through the side of the drier and surrounded by a coiled spring 10 which exerts its tension against the block 8 whereby the guide 7 may yield to accommodate itself to the varying widths of tin. The drier 1 is supported upon a number of uprights 11.

Suspended under the drier by rods 12, and just back of the painting end of the machine, is a runway or guide 13 up which the tin passes to the painting roller. Just forward of the receiving end of the drier is a metal frame formed of the upright angle irons 1 1 and the longitudinal angle irons 15 and 16. Hung within said frame is a paint tank 17 in which the paint is placed. Around the bottom of the paint tank 17 on the inside thereof is a metal band 18 in the opposite sides of which are journaled the ends of the agitator blades 19, which latter are connected at their upper ends by a rod 20 which in turn is connected to one end of the lever 21, the opposite end of which lever 21 is connected to the outer end of the crank 22 on the shaft The said shaft 23 is mounted in suitable bearings on said frame and has a sprocket wheel 24 on the outer end thereof and is driven by a chain 25, whereby when the shaft 23 is rotated motion will be imparted to the agitator blades 19 through the lever 21 and crank 22 and prevent the paint from settling in the bottom of the paint tank. a

On one of the irons 15 is mounted a pulley 26 to which power is transmitted through the medium of the belt 27 from any suitable source of power. On the shaft of the pulley 26 is mounted a small gear wheel 28 which is in mesh with the large gear wheel 29 on the shaft 30 of the paint drum 31. This paint drum 31 is mounted in the said metal frame and revolves in the paint contained in the paint tank-l7, the revolution of the drum 31 being in an opposite direction from the travel of the tin. The shaft 30 of the paint drum 31 is also provided with a sprocket wheel 32 from which power is transmitted through the medium of the chain 25 to the sprocket wheel 33 on the drum 34 and also to the sprocket wheel 24 on the shaft 23. The drum 34 is mounted in saidframe and has its bearings on the irons 16 of the said frame, and just back of said drum 34 is mounted a brush 35 resting from said cone pulleys 39 through the me- .dium of the belt 41 to the cone pulley on the outer end of the shaft 42 which latter is journaled in the bearings 43 on two of the uprights of the drier. The two belts 38 and 41 being employed owing to the length of the drier and to prevent sagging should only one belt be employed. The shaft 42 has a'gear-wheel 44 adapted to mesh with the gear wheel 45 on the shaft 46 when the machine is in operation This shaft 46 rests in the bearings 47 which latter are fastened to the side of, and project from, the drier l. The said shaft 46 is also provided with two wheels 48 each provided with a hooked portion 49 adapted to take into the bent end of the tin and upon which said wheels the tin is wound. On one of the .5 bearings 47 is mounted a lever 50 pivoted at 51 and having its lower end bent at right angles and adapted to take under the shaft 46 to lift .it sufiiciently to disengage the gear-wheels 44 and 45, as shown in Fig. 8, in which position the lever 50 is locked by the spring retained latch 52, the lower end of which latter projects into the recess 53.

'VVhen the lever is thrown down to engage the gear wheels 44 and 45 the said latch 52 projects into the recess 54 causing the lever 50 to hold the said shaft 46 in position in its bearings and the gear wheels 44 and 45 in mesh.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The tin afterbeing made up into as long lengths as desired, is bent on each end and placed one upon the other under the drier. The end of the first piece is fed up the incline 13 by hand over the paint drum 31 then around the drum 34 and through the drier 1 and the end thereof caught by the hook portion of the wheels 48, as heretofore described. The machine is started and the gear wheels 44 and 45 thrown into mesh causing the wheels 48 to revolve and wind the tin thereon. As the tin passes over the paint drum it is coated by said drum which is running in the paint and in the opposite direction from the travel of the tin. As the tin passes around the drum 34 the surplus paint is wiped ofi by the brush 35 and it then passes slowly through the drier 1 through which a current of air is passing at all times causing the paint to dry before the tin reaches the wheels 48 upon which it is wound. As the..oppositc end of the piece or strip of tin comes to the incline 13 the bent end of the next piece is caught into the bent end of the piece passing up said incline, and this operation is repeated by the operator until all the pieces or strips are painted. When one strip or piece has been painted and wound upon the wheels 48 at the discharge end of the drier,

the gear wheels 44 and 45 are thrown out of mesh by the lever 50, as heretofore described, and the shaft 46 lifted from its bearings and said roll of tin removed from said wheels 48. The shaft 46 is again placed back in its bearings and the bent end of the piece or strip resting in the drier is caught into the bent or hooked portion 49 of the wheels 48 and the gear-wheels 44 and 45 again thrown into mesh by the lever 50 whereby said piece or strip will be wound upon said wheels 48. This operation is repeated until all the pieces or strips are painted and rolled.

Alterations in the construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V

1. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length there of, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a paint tank at one end of said drier, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said paint drum, and means at the opposite end of said drier to draw the tin therethrough after being painted.

2. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length thereof, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a paint tank, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said paint drum, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of said drier, and means carried by said shaft to grip the end of the tin and draw it through the said drier when the said shaft is revolved.

3. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on-one side of said drier extending the full length thereof, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a

paint tank, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said paint drum, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of said drier, and means carried by said shaft to grip the end of the tin and draw it through the said drier and upon which the tin is Wound when the said shaft is revolved.

4. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length there of, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a tank having an agitator therein, means for operating said agitator, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said drum, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of said drier, and means carried by said shaft to grip the end of the tin and draw it through the said drier when the shaft is revolved.

5. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length thereof, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for paint tank, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said drum, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of the said drier, and means carried by said shaft to grip the tin and draw it through the drier when the shaft is revolved.

6. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length thereof, an automatically adjustable guide on the opposite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, means at the discharge end of the drier to force air therethrough, a paint tank, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, means for revolving said paint drum, a second drum mounted in close proximity to the first named drum, a brush normally resting against said second drum, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of the drier, and means carried by said shaft to grip the tin and draw it through the drier when the said shaft is revolved.

7. In a painting machine, the combination of a drier, a stationary guide on one side of said drier extending the full length thereof, an automatically adjustable guide on the op posite side of said drier extending the full length thereof, a hood at the discharge end of the said drier, a pipe leading from said hood to the drier, means to force air through said pipe to the drier, a paint tank, a drum adapted to revolve in said paint tank, a shaft mounted at the opposite end of the said drier, means carried by said shaft to grip the tin and draw it through the drier when the shaft is revolved, and means to throw the said shaft in and out of operation.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. PHILIPP. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. GARITEE, GHAPIN A. FERGUSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

